OFT files charges against former British Airways marketing officials

by Jemima Bokaie, Marketing 07-Aug-08, 12:33

LONDON - Four former BA executives, including ex-commercial director Martin George, have been charged by the Office of Fair Trading in relation to price-fixing.

The ex-employees, who include Andrew Crawley, Alan Burnett and Iain Burns, were charged today with agreeing with others ‘to make or implement arrangements which directly or indirectly fixed the price for the supply in the UK of passenger air transport services by BA and Virgin Atlantic Airways'.

The charges relate to the period between July 2004 and April 2006, when the former directors were employed by BA. They will appear at the City of London Magistrates Court on 24 September.